Jon Collins

{{Short description|American basketball player}} {{about||the Australian footballer|Jonathan Collins|other people with similar names|John Collins (disambiguation){{!}}John Collins}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2024}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jon Collins | image = | caption = | career_position = Shooting guard | number = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = | nationality = American | birth_date = | death_date = | highschool = Cahokia (Cahokia, Illinois) | college = Eastern Illinois (1982–1986) | draft_year = 1986 | draft_round = 5 | draft_pick = 110 | draft_team = Denver Nuggets | career_start = | career_end = | highlights = *2× MCC Player of the Year (1985, 1986) *3× First-team All-MCC (1984–1986) }}

'''Jon Collins''' is an American former basketball player, best known for his collegiate career at Eastern Illinois University between 1982–83 and 1985–86. At the time of his graduation, Collins scored a then-school record 1,702 points, was one of five players to have been an All-Mid Continent Conference First Team honoree three times, and was twice named the Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year (later named The Summit League).{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In each of Collins' final three seasons he averaged over 18 points per game and scored over 500 total points. During that span, he reached double figures in 87 of 90 games, including a school-record 53 straight. As a junior in 1984–85, he led the team to a 20–10 overall record and their first Mid-Continent Conference championship. Both the Associated Press and ''Sporting News'' named him an honorable mention All-American that year. As a senior, Collins garnered another honorable mention nod by the ''Sporting News'' as he earned his second consecutive conference player of the year award, becoming the first player in conference history to do so.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The Denver Nuggets selected Collins in the fifth round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he never played in the league.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} After a professional basketball career{{clarify|where was this? if he "never played in the" NBA? how long was this BB career?|date=November 2024}} he worked for Allstate insurance. Eastern Illinois inducted him into their athletics hall of fame in 1993.

==References== {{Refbegin}} #{{Cite web| title = 1986 NBA Draft| work = basketball-reference.com| publisher = Sports Reference LLC| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1986.html| accessdate = October 10, 2011}} #{{Cite web| title = Hall of Fame – Jon Collins| publisher = Eastern Illinois University| url = http://www.eiupanthers.com/hof.aspx?hof=91&path=&kiosk=| accessdate = October 10, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111014010341/http://eiupanthers.com/hof.aspx?hof=91&path=&kiosk=| archive-date = October 14, 2011| url-status = dead}} #{{Cite web| title = Men's Basketball Media Guide| publisher = Eastern Illinois University| date = September 1, 2010| url = http://www.eiupanthers.com/custompages/mbball/Career%20HTML/EIU%20MBX%20Record%20Pages.pdf| accessdate = October 10, 2011}} #{{Cite book| last = ((ESPN Editors))| title = ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game| publisher = Random House, Inc.| year = 2009| location = New York, NY| pages = 163| isbn = 978-0-345-51392-2}} {{Refend}}

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